TESOL / TEFL Courses in Chicago, New York & Online

TEFL Institute, Chicago & New York:
TEFL Institute USA is the premier TEFL certification school in America with our 4 week, 120 hour professional TEFL courses offered in over 25 international locations in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa. Free lifetime job placement assistance worldwide to our graduates.

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TEFL Institute trains over 1,000 students annually from all continents.

Our headquarters is located in Chicago, we pride ourselves in offering a personal touch of advice and guidance to the new and exciting opportunities of teaching English overseas and becoming a professionally trained English teacher. All prospective students receive a personal advisor to speak with prior to registration. Our advisor staff have lived and worked extensively overseas in over 50 countries and are available to help make this overseas teaching a reality.

TEFL Institute or its staff are members of the following professional organizations: Association of Illinois Bilingual Education (ITBE), International Association of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL), California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL), Association of International Educators (NAFSA), The International Accreditation of TESOL Qualifying Organizations (IATQUO), Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), TEFL Board and Illinois Department of Education.

TEFL Institute is a partner program with the Chile Ministry of Education, has been recommended by the Fulbright program of the US State Department and offers our classes for academic credit through a 4 year university in Chicago (Roosevelt University) and for non credit courses through Northwestern University and University of Chicago.

In-person TEFL Classes in the US and worldwide, Online TEFL certification.

TEFL Institute 4 week, 120 hour International TEFL / TESOL Certification courses:

North America: Chicago, New York
Latin America: Mexico  - Guadalajara, Costa Rica - San Jose, Peru - Cusco
Europe: England - London, Spain - Madrid, Italy - Florence & Sardinia, Portugal - Porto, Hungary - Budapest, Greece - Corinth & Crete, Turkey - Istanbul, Russia - St. Petersburg
Asia: China - Shanghai, Thailand - Bangkok & Pattaya, Nepal - Kathmandu, India - Delhi, Cambodia - Phnom Penh
Africa: Ghana - Accra, Kenya - Nairobi, Tanzania - Arusha.

120 hour, 2 month interactive TEFL classes are hosted on the Blackboard website, the # 1 hosting platform for US universities. Our online TEFL class is the world's premier in online TEFL taught by a university professor, with 20 students and conducted in an interactive format of required discussion boards and peer to peer review of work.Classes are not in live time which provides all students worldwide the availability to work daily on their own time schedule with the weekly schedule of a university class. 12 -15 hours a week of coursework for 9 modules with your homework, papers, projects all turned in on a set timeline with your professor moderating your progress.

Student teaching/practicum for the 120 hour online course: An additional 20 hours of practicum/student teaching at a local ESL classroom near you and moderated and reviewed by a professional ESL instructor.

The demand for fluent and native English speakers outweighs the supply of teachers. People from all walks of life go overseas each year regardless of age and educational background; they simply become TEFL certified and then have the opportunity to work worldwide. If you speak English fluently and have an adventurous spirit, you can be trained to teach professionally as an English teacher overseas. No foreign language knowledge or teaching experience is required; the only requirement is a good command of the English language and the proper training.

Our graduates teach English professionally at all corners of the globe including:
Europe: Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Estonia, Romania, Hungary, Turkey, Russia, Romania, Czech Republic, etc.
Asia: China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, etc.
Latin America: Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Peru, Chile, Venezuela, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Columbia, Paraguay, Bolivia, etc.
Middle East: Jordan, Turkey, Syria, Morocco, Egypt, Israel, UAE, Pakistan, Iran, Lebanon, Kuwait, etc.

TEFL Institute offers short term summer English teaching programs for our graduates.

- Spain English Camps: Teach for 4 weeks in July in sunny Spain at youth camps at a complete English immersion.

-  Chile Public School English Teaching: TEFL Institute is a partner with the Open Doors Program sponsored by the Chile Ministry of Education and United Nations to provide public school children native English speakers. Teach for 10 weeks from mid June to late August.

- China Summer English Camps: Teach English for 2-4 weeks outside of Shanghai China in July with young adults.

1. ESL job search manual: All of our graduates receive a manual with instructions on creating your international resume and cover letter, also information about hiring periods, interview questions and listings of 100 international job boards with tens of thousands of posted jobs from around the world.

2. ESL worldwide school directory: We will forward you a directory of approximately 8,000 schools worldwide that you can contact for job openings.

3. Referrals to preferred language schools: TEFL Institute has relationships with schools in Europe, Asia and Latin America. We will forward you our preferred list of schools that are waiting for our TEFL graduates to contact them.

4. Job interview assistance for International TEFL course participants: For the students who take our 4 week TEFL course at an international location, the site director can arrange interviews for jobs during or after the training.

5. Forwarding your resume to schools and recruiters in selected Asian countries.